Yun Jiao shook her head: "No."

Every time I saw the strange uncle, he was very far away from me. A few times, I mustered up the courage to approach him, but the strange uncle disappeared without a trace.

Like a human and like a ghost.

It seemed like I really saw it, but also like it was an illusion.

"Mom, is that weird uncle a ghost? Why can't others see him but I can?" It is said that children have yin-yang eyes and can see dirty things.

Yunying took her hand and filled a basin with water, "Wash your hands and eat."

She didn't answer her question.

"Oh!" Yun Jiao was sensible and didn't ask any more questions.

On the table, there are three simple dishes, peppery pork slices, shredded potatoes, mushroom soup, and hot rice. In this simple little house, the figures of mother and daughter are reflected in the candlelight, warm and peaceful.

"Do you have a lot of homework today?" Yun Ying picked up a few pieces of meat for her.

"Not much. I can recite and write down all the ancient poems assigned by the teacher." Yun Jiao obediently picked up some food for her mother, "Mom, there are so many dishes in Jiaojiao's bowl that it can't hold any more. Please eat too."

"Mom, this candy is for you."

She was like offering a treasure.

Their family conditions were neither good nor bad. On weekdays, her mother sold silk and collected herbs in the mountains, and the money she earned was enough for expenses. However, since she had developed a frugal character since she was young, she never bought snacks indiscriminately.

"Where's the candy?"

"Yang Wei gave it to me."

Yun Ying thought for a moment and said, "Is it that... fat little boy?"

"Puchi..." Yun Jiao laughed secretly, "Mom, he hates it most when people say he's fat. I heard that his father passed away early. He is an outsider like us, and he is temporarily living in this town."

The mother and daughter laughed and chatted for a while.

After dinner, Yunying cleaned the house while Yunjiao studied. After finishing his homework, he read medical books.

At night, lying on the bed, she held the jade pendant tightly in her arms, thinking of what happened during the day, and couldn't help but touch her cheek...

My thoughts are a little confused.

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. He quickly packed up the jade pendant and put it in the drawer of his small desk, in the most inconspicuous corner, hiding it far away.

"Jiaojiao, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing, Mom, I'm going to sleep now!"

After hiding the jade pendant, Yun Jiao quickly got on the bed, crawled to her mother's side, held her mother's arm, and slept close to her mother.

"Mom, do you think that weird uncle is still out there?"

Yunying was silent for a moment.

"Is that weird uncle a bad guy? If he is, why doesn't he hurt us?"

"Mom, do you...know that weird uncle?"

Yun Ying's breathing tightened slightly, and she pulled the quilt over her, "Go to sleep, kid, don't ask too many questions."

"oh……"

Yun Jiao puffed up his cheeks, obediently stopped asking questions, closed his eyes sweetly, and tried to fall asleep.

Yun Ying patted the child gently, looking at the bleak moonlight outside the window with dim eyes. Her eyes were heavy and her heart was filled with worries.

Outside the fenced courtyard.

In the night, shrouded in moonlight, a black figure stood in the night wind, his robe fluttering in the wind. He stood there without moving, his eyes always looking at the small courtyard with a fence, never leaving.

"Your Majesty." Zhan Hu came over, "This morning's memorial has been delivered... You have been away from the country for four years. Are you really not going back to take charge?"

For the past four years, I have been working in a remote place, spending every day in this dilapidated town.

He was almost suffocating.

What's so good about this little town?

My daughter-in-law and daughter are right in front of me. Why not just rush into the house, grab one with each hand, and bring them back to the Western Regions?

He hid during the day and came out at night, hiding in the dark and looking around. The king of the Western Regions was like a thief with a sneaky look...